Class Feedback

After finishing editing our opening sequence we showed it to the class and had some critical feedback to improve it. The glitch edit was mentioned with two contrasting opinions , it was our intentions to make the cuts abrupt,to create the illusion of a 'glitch'. The silence was also intentional as mentioned in my Glitch Edit blog post, this is mainly because it heightens the tension and again shows Lucy's state of mind. The ambiguity of the Lucy walking on her own arises questions as to why she is alone , This hopefully will keep the audience hooked and watch on to find out answers.
Abbie mentions that Helin is seen at the party and outside of the door. This was completely intentional, because it isn't supposed to be in the same time frame. The clip of Lucy walking through the party and the the next clip of her walking through the door are not continuing into each other, this is why we did not film a continuous clip of her walking through the party to her walking through the door.

                                                  Time difference between the two

This meaning Lucy was not on her way to the door, she was just walking through the party.This giving Helin time to walk down and wait outside. Introducing Helin as an ambiguous character also leaves the audience to question themselves as to who she is.

Yazmin mentions that when Lucy says "I need your help" the sound is muffled and sounds as if it filmed inside (which it was) and she doesn't think it sounds realistic and advised us that we should re-record the sound outside. We re-recorded it outside and it sounded a lot better so we edited it in. we decided that the breathing should increase after she says "I need your help" to increase intensity.

Glitch Edit

Whilst editing we notice that the glitch needed a lot of improvement. The problem was that the glitch between the party and Lucy walking alone was too fast. We decided to slow it down so that we could emphasise Lucy being alone to show the contrast and her state of mind at that particular moment in time.

When we slowed it down we came across another problem, we didn't know whether we should have a whispering sound to express Lucy state of mind or silence. Personally  Me, Emma and Lucy preferred the whispering sound at first , but after we got feedback we realised that no whispering was more effective in the context of the whole opening sequence. We also uploaded both of the clips to Youtube and created a poll and asked 25 people which one they preferred.

Here are the two clips and the results of the poll:








No whispering has a much bigger impact because the silence is a huge contrast to the rest of the opening sequence. We are able to elaborate this, as the silence reflects Lucy's state of mind. It also makes the audience feel uncomfortable because there is no dialogue still so they are still unaware of what has happened or what is going to happen.

We also have feedback from Isobel and she reiterates what has just been said and expresses her feelings on the glitch and also an overall opinion on the whole opening sequence.

First day of filming

Our first day of filming was a great success as we were able to get the most difficult scenes out the way with. We decided to film scenes 2,4,5,6&7 as we filmed this in the day and only included the interior not the exterior allows us to still play around with the natural lighting.Scenes 2,6&7 are filmed in a block of flats whereas scenes 4&5 were filmed in Lucy's house so we had to pay very close attention to the mice en scene as we tried not to get the banisters in the shots , as that would of gave away the illusion of a 'party' happening in a block of flats.

Scene 7

Scene two was extremely difficult to film because of the natural lighting being visible in the scene from behind the door. We tried to fix this problem by asking Emma and Helin to hold a blanket infant of the window to block the natural light as the blinds were too sheer. Eventually this worked and we were happy with the way it turned out.

(not the best quality,sorry!)

The party scene was the quickest to film. We placed masking tape along the floor so in scene 4&5 Lucy is walking along the same line , this helps keep the frame central. We want to make sure that the     

contrast between scenes 4&5 are very noticeable. The bright party lights glancing off Lucy's face contrasting with a frame of Lucy were the lighting is dull and grainy.

A photo from scene 4

Mac 3 pitch for 2 minute film opening.

As mentioned in this video , we basically reiterated what was drawn on our story board. We run through what specific editing parts will be most difficult (the glitch) also the party lights are going to express her state of mind and what she is feeling. Just light the party lights are a bit all over the place, her mind is too. We are not too sure what our character is called yet but will make a later blog post introducing characters. 

Storyboard

Here is a visual representation of our storyboard with audio




We made a short clip of our storyboard and what order it will go in. i found that this past was very helpful as it gave all of our group and idea of how our opening sequence will potentially look.

Storyboard

As a group we have come together and have created a storyboard of our 2 minute film opening. The story follows a young girl at a party. Something happens but you are unaware of what has happened, you then follow her leaving the party. She passes by a girl when she leaves the flats and then runs down the steps takes and deep breath and then starts to run. The girl then stops and answers her phone and the screen will go blank and she says "I need your help."
 1. A pan shot of the outside of the flats , the lighting will be dark but not too dark that you won't be able to see anything.

2.The outside of the party, with the door slightly open so you are able to see the lights inside.

3.Lucy staring in the mirror in the bathroom this then follows her to the door and leaving the
bathroom.

4. Scenes 4&5 with alternate between each other as we are including a glitch to express the girls state of mind, this is also going to be portrayed through the use of lighting.

6.Lucy walks through the door and we will film the closed door from the outside for about 5 seconds.

7.We will use an overhead shot to film Lucy running down the stairs , but this is going to be a still frame.

8. Lucy then walks out of the door of the flats.

9. We will then film from the top of the stairs instead of the bottom and show Lucy walking down he stairs with her back to the camera.

10. A shot of Helin looking confused this coincides with scene 11 and this from Helins pov looking at Lucy at the bottom of the stairs.

12. Low angle shot of Lucy at the bottom of the stairs and taking a deep breath and taking off to run.

13. Dollying Lucy from behind while she is running.

14.A horizontal shot of Lucy running.

15. A close up of Lucy  still running but coming to a shot while her phone rings.

16. A blank screen with Lucy panting and saying "I need your help."

The Art Of The Title

 The Art Of The Title 
Using the art of the title i was able to find a whole load of title sequences that show key concepts that we want to include in our 2 minute film opening. The use of lighting is very important as we want to film in a blue light atmosphere. We also want to use fluorescent and alternating lights as this fits in with our 'party' theme. the use of low-key light will really help the lights and tense atmosphere be appropriate. The way the titles are situated in Drive is something we as a group would like to incorporate as they are very minimal. As a group we decided to keep the titles simple but we do want to place them cleverly in our film opening. Eg: on a shelf or situated on a mirror. 

The Warriors

Drive

Gaycation

This Is England